Re: PL/pgSQL 2

From: Joel Jacobson <joel(at)trustly(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL 2
Date: 2014-09-02 13:52:36
Message-ID: CAASwCXc=yBMyD+FtWPV9b8JE8DUabYrEMnci4+eqKptexY5k2w@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
<hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> wrote:
> On 09/02/2014 04:32 PM, Joel Jacobson wrote:
>> I think it's much better to make it the default behaviour in plpgsql2
>> than to add a new syntax to plpgsql,
>> because then we don't have to argue what to call the keyword or where to
>> put it.
>
>
> Then you'll have to argue what the *other* syntax should look like. And not
> everyone agrees on the default either, see Kevin's email. Designing a new
> language is going to be an uphill battle, even more so than enhancing
> current plpgsql.

Any ideas on what the *other* syntax could look like?

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